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CHICAGO -- The Celtics decided to keep the same starting lineup they used in Saturday night's win in Milwaukee, opening with Brandon Bass and Jason Terry alongside Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo.

But Doc Rivers said he might be using the bigger people on his bench more tonight because the Bulls have a lot of size.

"We're still looking for ourselves, so we're going to keep moving it around," Rivers said.

Looking back to Saturday, the coach was encouraged.

"I just like the fact that I thought in the Milwaukee game in the second half we played more like the team we can be," said Rivers. "Whether they understand that or not, we'll find that out. I just thought that's the closest I've seen us as a team this year.

"There's still some glaring areas on film that we have to improve on, but you can see how close it is. But it's still not there, and if it's not there, the other team still scores. But you can see it's getting closer. There's no doubt about that. Then the second step is figuring out the right group of guys."